03373nam 2200649 450 991082278520332120230810000942.01-4930-2444-2(CKB)3710000000830734(EBL)4635807(OCoLC)957128152(MiAaPQ)EBC4635807(EXLCZ)99371000000083073420160902h20172017 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWildest lives of the wild West America through the words of wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, and other famous Westerners /edited by John Richard StephensGuilford, Connecticut ;Helena, Montana :Twodot,2017.©20171 online resource (401 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4930-2443-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Wildest Lives Of The Wild West ; CONTENTS ; Author's Note; Celebrities of the Wild West (introduction) ; The Making of a Legend; Wild Bill Hickok, US Army Scout; Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill; The Lincoln County War; A Terrible Place to Put a Fellow; Billy the Kid Dies, But Not with His Boots On; Life and Adventures of a Wild West Celebrity; Life on Apache and Comanche Reservations ; Living as an Apache; Coming of the White Man; On the Run for Murder; Cowboy Trouble in Dodge; The Gunfight near the O.K. Corral; Tombstone and Trouble in Colorado; Frontier Men and WomenWild Rough Riders of the PlainsConflicts with the Indians; Highwaymen of the Railroad; The Last of the Dalton Gang; Letters Home; Living in the Wild West; Recommended Reading/Bibliography; Index; About the Author/EditorBy and about the greatest celebrities of frontier America, these are the stories of their adventures told in their own words through excerpts from autobiographies, articles they wrote, newspaper interviews, private journals, personal letters, and court testimony. These glimpses into the worlds of these legendary figures as they describe their own personal experiences, impressions, what life in the frontier West was like, reveal the roles they played in notable events in American history.Frontier and pioneer lifeUnited StatesWest (U.S.)BiographyWest (U.S.)History1848-1860West (U.S.)History1860-1890West (U.S.)History1890-1945États-Unis (Ouest)Histoire1848-1860États-Unis (Ouest)Histoire1860-1890États-Unis (Ouest)Histoire1890-1945West United StatesfastPersonal NarrativeBiographyBiographies.fastHistory.fastPersonal narratives.fastPersonal narratives.lcgftBiographies.lcgftRécits personnels.rvmgfBiographies.rvmgfFrontier and pioneer life917.3040922Stephens John RichardMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822785203321Wildest lives of the wild West3998538UNINA